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2. The digital imaging method of claim 1, wherein the step of upscaling the first frame using interpolation comprises using bicubic interpolation.
4. The digital imaging method of claim 3, further comprising scanning pixels in the third upscaled frame to find matches for empty pixels in the second upscaled frame.
7. The digital imaging method of claim 5, wherein actuating the emitter to emit the pulse of electromagnetic radiation comprises actuating the emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation to cause illumination within the light deficient environment, the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation comprising a pulse in a red color partition, a pulse in a green color partition, and a pulse in a blue color partition.
8. The digital imaging method of claim 7, wherein the pulses of electromagnetic radiation are emitted in a sequence of red-green-blue-green.
10. The digital imaging method of claim 9, further comprising combining a plurality of output frames to generate a full color frame.
12. The digital imaging method of claim 5, wherein actuating the emitter to emit the pulse of electromagnetic radiation comprises actuating the emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation to cause illumination within the light deficient environment, the plurality of pulses comprising a pulse of luminance (Y), a pulse of Chrominance Blue (Cb), and a pulse of Chrominance Red (Cr).
15. The digital imaging method of claim 14, the method further comprising combining each output frame into a stream of images.
16. The digital imaging method of claim 12, wherein the pulses of electromagnetic radiation are emitted in a sequence of Y-Cb-Y-Cr.
18. The digital imaging method of claim 1, further comprising generating a full color frame.
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December 27, 2022
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